In response to the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill 2012 as presented on the website, I submitted the following as a needed addition to the proposed Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill 2012. 17 December 2012 To the Chair of the … Continue reading
In response to Jennifer Crawley of the Mercury newspaper I made the following comment, published yesterday. Jennifer wrote, Tasmanians are looking for hope after the recent tragic shootings and economic hard times. Anglican Bishop John Harrower said, The church was a … Continue reading
View my Christmas message: Also available on this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZgyklvt0M8 or please keep reading below: The Christmas story is a love story, one which speaks to our hearts. In that stable we sense the warmth of human love shared between … Continue reading
Dear Bishop John, Some time ago you asked if I could make you a crook at the King Island Men’s Shed. We have finally finished it today. Here is a photo of the finished crook. The blokes at the shed … Continue reading
Today is International Human Rights Day. This year the focus is on how some people are voiceless in public life and politics. The vulnerable, by the simple fact of that vulnerability, are voiceless. To speak is to risk exposure and … Continue reading
Sobering, indeed frightening letter (I have bolded some text for clarity): Friday, December 7, 2012 Assisted Suicide leaves no room for doctors’ errors or erroneous prognostications Jeanette Hall’s letter ( “Assisted suicide prompts some terminally ill patients to give up … Continue reading
I want to encourage you to explore the new campaign website Australians deserve to age well. We need to improve our aged care system, prepare for our ageing population and ensure all Australians get choice, support, quality and dignity as they … Continue reading
The Anglican Church of Australia has responded to the Australian Government’s Consultation Paper calling for comment on the Terms of Reference for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. The Anglican Church commented under the headings: Scope of the Terms of … Continue reading
The Australia Network’s flagship current affairs program ‘Newsline’ ran a piece on domestic violence in the Pacific on Wednesday night. (See the link below.) Tim Costello and the Channels of Hope program I participated in recently were featured, along with … Continue reading
I welcome the Prime Minister’s announcement of a National Royal Commission into child sexual abuse. On my first day as Anglican Bishop of Tasmania in July 2000, I apologised to survivors of child sexual abuse by Anglican Church workers. Child … Continue reading